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The UK's NATO allies operating in Syria should also provide tactical air cover to the defenders of Kobane, (which hitherto has been inadequate) and disrupt IS supply lines, while at the same time doing the utmost to avoid civilian casualties.

Insisting that he is the duly elected prime minister of his country, Maliki said that he remains determined to destroy the dens of the terrorists', and added that had proper air cover been in place, the advance of the rebels could have been stopped.

Thirteen Taliban fighters were killed and four others wounded in the operation carried out by Afghan forces, backed by NATO air cover, in the Sya Gard district of Ghorband valley, governor's spokesperson Roshna Khalid told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Successful amphibious operations were staged by the Saad Bin Abi Waqqas combined taskforce under massive air cover in the war-game exercise, codenamed "Islands of Loyalty", in parallel with the diplomatic, media and legal efforts.

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